Definition of a 'Recognised Chart'

albummaster · 2005-12-13T06:21:39-05:00

Many of the pages on this site refer to what is termed a 'recognised chart' so I thought it worth posting a definition, A chart is classified as 'recognised' on this site if it meets the following criteria: 1. The chart is from a well-regarded or widely-recognised source. 2. The chart is not limited to a particular time period. To qualify as a greatest album chart, end of year polls do not count and nor do polls that limit themselves to the last x number of years. However, if a chart is for a particular year or decade, it may qualify as a year or decade chart instead (so long as the chart covers the whole of the respective time period). 3. The chart is not limited to a particular music genre. 4. The chart is not limited to bands from a particular country or region. 5. The albums are ranked in order of greatness. The best album of the moment is ever changing, the albums on this site stand the test of time. It's worth saying that there are quite a few albums listed on this site from 2000 onwards but it obviously takes time for an album to feed through to a critic's list, After all, new albums are competing with what has gone before for those elusive places in the best ever rankings. The best albums in the world ever, this is what this website is about. EDIT: Criteria number five has been added as a few lists have been submitted that are not ranked (e.g. Time Magazine's list which does not qualify). EDIT 2: Now that BEA supports year and decade charts, criteria number two has been modified. EDIT 3: If you spot a recognised chart that is not listed on BEA and otherwise qualifies for the site (per the above criteria), you can add the chart to BEA via a custom chart. ============================= Identifying 'missing' charts If you visit the admin page for any recognised chart, a list of other charts by the same source will be listed. Gaps will be highlighted where year or decade charts may be 'missing' from BEA. Alongside each 'missing' chart, is a Google search link which will quickly allow you to identify whether a chart exists for that time period from a particular source. If you find a 'missing' chart that can be added, you can add it as a custom chart (see below). If a chart cannot be located from a source for a particular year or decade (e.g. if a published chart doesn't qualify due to it being unranked etc), please post a data correction, along with the reason, and an entry can be added to prevent the system nagging for the data. N.B. year charts are most often compiled at the end of a given year, or at the start of the next. Decade charts are mostly compiled at the end of a decade, or at the start of a new one. (However, this is just a rule of thumb, and charts do not always follow these rules). It would be a fool's errand for the site to try and add all charts from all sources. If an external source doesn't exist on BEA, please make sure it is 'notable' before adding a chart from them e.g. is the source on Wikipedia? how big is their audience? would the average person know about them? etc. If in doubt, please don't add. Adding a recognised chart: Please add the chart to the site as a 'custom chart': Title: The title of the chart should be entered as per the title on the source website. It's not a problem to have non-English chart titles and makes adding external charts a less ambiguous process if we just copy the original title. For foreign language chart titles, an English language translation can be implied by the chart type which is normally displayed alongside each chart (e.g. 2017 year chart). Notes: The notes of a chart can be used to add additional information. Sometimes an album may be too short for BEA, or otherwise doesn't qualify (e.g. if the album only exists as a playlist etc). These omissions should be explained in the notes. Additionally, if any ranks are tied in the chart, this should be stated in the notes. URL: BEA always tries to provide a URL back to the original source (if one exists). The URL should point back at the page hosting the top ranked album in the external chart. ============================= All ranks within recognised charts are awarded five points (e.g. adding a top 100 chart will be worth 500 points to the person that added it). BEA gets checked every day for new charts, so if a custom chart has been added, it will get picked up and promoted automatically. Once a chart has been promoted, it will appear as if from the recognised source, and can no longer be edited. If we have somehow not spotted your chart within a couple of days of adding it, please flag it for promotion from the chart's admin page. N.B. Charts from new sources will take longer to promote than a chart from an existing source, as the new source needs to be vetted etc before the chart can be promoted. If you are wanting to contribute, the best way to do this is to help backfill charts from existing sources rather than add charts from new sources. (If a source isn't listed here already, it might suggest it isn't notable enough).

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Yes, a later chart from the same source can be added to the site via custom chart. (In terms of scoring, the later chart would count towards BEA's rankings instead of any earlier ones).

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I've added official weekly charts from 2020 (UK, USA and most of the World Chart) with the only purpose to have a better picture of the commercial performance of every album and also to make visible for most users some albums that seems to be ignored. Maybe the site will be promoted widely this way.

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